Tony, Andromeda?

[Christian Borg]

Maybe if you turn off the dist .... sry .. ;)

Mine is also a bit gritty but I think it sometimes sounds clean. Clean enough anyway.

If you want, just mail be a patch you know sound gritty but should be clean and I can try 
to record it on wav for you to compare.

.christian

James Coplin skrev 2011-07-15 01:24:
> I'm wondering if one of my complaints is with my particular unit or is
> endemic to all Andromedas.  I can never get mine to sound clean.  There
> always sounds like there is some distortion to the signal regardless of
> how low I turn down everything.  If I just take a single OSC set to saw
> and run it through the filter with the cutoff fully open, it still sounds
> like there is some distortion going on.  Not a ton but it just never
> sounds clean.  Is this just mine or all A6s?
>
> James R. Coplin
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: music-bar-bounces at lists.music-bar.org [mailto:music-bar-
>> bounces at lists.music-bar.org] On Behalf Of Christian Borg
>> Sent: Thursday, July 14, 2011 6:24 PM
>> To: Music-bar
>> Subject: Re: Tony, Andromeda?
>>
>> Unfortunately I agree with the filter thingy there. Those filters are
>> very characteristic
>> and lack that kind of Moog softness that you sometimes want. I actually
>> think the Korg
>> software does that better (well the monopoly and ms-20 filter that is;
>> love my Korg legacy
>> still).
>>
>> But I wouldn't want to part from it. It's tricky to edit, sure, but
>> also a lot of fun
>> jamming with. It can punch some really awesome basslines, arp patterns
>> and crazy effects.
>> And I like routing stuff to the ribbon (as with the JP8000) because
>> that's delightful to
>> pick and scratch when jamming as well.
>>
>> .christian
>>
>>
>> James Coplin skrev 2011-07-14 20:13:
>>> I have a mixed relationship with mine.  On the one hand, from a
>> capability
>>> point, it is a wonderful synth.  However, I always feel let down by
>> the
>>> filters.  Mine sounds like there are pillows or something in front of
>> the
>>> speakers when I use it.  I have all the autotune/auto-compensate etc.
>> off
>>> but it just fatigues my ears like crazy when I use it.  What really
>> sucks
>>> is all they would have had to have done was make the filters decent
>> or
>>> passable and it could have been the greatest analog poly ever.
>> Instead,
>>> they made some of the worst filters ever in my opinion.  I have older
>>> digital emulated filters that sound better than the A6's.  Also, it
>> is an
>>> instrument you really need to slate a bunch of time to learn.  It is
>>> picky, touchy, and unyielding.  There are great rewards for getting
>> your
>>> head around all the peculiarities but it isn't immediate.  I also
>> found
>>> programming on it to be less than enjoyable because you have just way
>> too
>>> many options.
>>>
>>> James R. Coplin
>>>
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: music-bar-bounces at lists.music-bar.org [mailto:music-bar-
>>>> bounces at lists.music-bar.org] On Behalf Of Joost Schuttelaar
>>>> Sent: Thursday, July 14, 2011 7:49 AM
>>>> To: Music-bar
>>>> Subject: Tony, Andromeda?
>>>>
>>>> Hey Tony, I remember you sold your Andromeda, correct? Or do you
>> still
>>>> have it? Why did you get rid of it? No clear advantage of 'real
>> analog'
>>>> versus VA?
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>>
>>>> Joost Schuttelaar
>>>> The Hague, NL
>>>>
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